Chen Yu asked the soldiers who did not have gas masks on the position of the second battalion to go down first, and sent the convoy to provide fire support from the flanks, while the third battalion, which had not moved for a long time, sent a company of reinforcements.

The tear gas of the Japanese army greatly affected the soldiers' fighting, and the smoke-smoked eyes could not be opened, and every breath would be accompanied by a violent cough. The sound of chariot engines sounded on the mountainside, several 75-mm shells bloomed on the Japanese charging road, and the vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns on the chariots were also exerting firepower.

When reinforcements arrived, the Japanese attack was thwarted again, the smoke was blown away by the mountain wind, and the withdrawn soldiers returned to their positions. This time, the Japanese army could touch the position and was driven down again.

The whistling of shells sounded in the sky, and the Japanese grouped artillery fire began to cover the retreat of the infantry. Seeing the retreat of the Japanese army, the convoy led by Yu Zhi also retreated to the anticline of the back mountain again, so as not to be affected by the Japanese cluster artillery fire.

The shells were falling like a torrential rain.

The Japanese retreated again, the shelling stopped, and the smoke slowly cleared from the heights.

Chen Yu climbed up the trench and leaned out to observe the bottom of the mountain, a flare rose into the air, and Chen Yu vigilantly lay his body behind the sandbag. Determining that the Japanese had retreated, the soldiers were ordered to help the wounded, repair the trenches, and have the sappers reattach the bombed-up or cut barbed wire.

The two-tiered barbed wire fortifications in front of the heights helped the defenders of the heights. The barbed wire fence was in a very critical place, just within the range of the defenders' firepower, and the Japanese had to deal with the barbed wire if they wanted to rush to the high ground in one go.

In fact, the Japanese army had turned the ground under the barbed wire extremely fluffy, and every time the sappers repaired the barbed wire, they had to smash the wooden stakes more than a meter deep into the ground, and then reassemble the barbed wire. And every time a sapper repaired the barbed wire, he had to risk his life, and every now and then a shell fell on his head.

Every time the barbed wire fence was repaired, a few unlucky sappers were killed by Japanese artillery fire.

On the devastated position, several people are gathering the corpses or corpse stumps and digging a large pit in the back mountain for burial. Chen Yu was squatting in the trench and smoking, and Ah Yi was holding a notebook and listening to the report on casualties.

This time the Japanese attack was very fierce, although they had been prepared for a long time, but the casualties were not small.

The casualties of the Japanese army were also not small, but the Japanese army had more troops than the Sichuan Army Corps and could withstand such an exchange of troops. The Japanese army wiped out the strength of the Sichuan Army, and the time for the Sichuan Army to wipe out the Japanese army was very precious, as long as Longling could be recovered, Chen Yu thought that the Sichuan Army could be wiped out.

While smoking, Chen Yu saw Mi Long running along the trenches with a box of ammunition and a light machine gun imitating the Czech in his hand. This guy still got his wish, and the order definitely didn't come from Chen Yu's hands or dead hands, so only Ah Yi couldn't bear it.

Looking back, the battle flag of the Sichuan Army was still flying on the high ground, but there were more bullet holes and traces of gunsmoke on it.

A shell landed next to the barbed wire, and a dozen or so sappers rushed into the trenches after hastily repairing part of the barbed wire. The Japanese army's cold guns and cold guns are getting tighter and tighter, and if you are not careful, you will be targeted by the Japanese shooters hiding in the highland craters.

Chen Yu dropped the cigarette butt and said, "The Japanese are too rampant and take us as targets." ”

"It's good not to show your head, bear with me." Ah Yi was busy counting the casualties, looking at the notebook in his hand and frowning.

"Bear with the hammer."

Chen Yu stood up and shouted: "Luo Xiaoworm, your mortar is brought to see, and I will smash it at the place where the fire is shining at the bottom of the mountain." It's not that there are no shells, the ammunition depot is almost full, so the stocks should be cleared. ”

"He's not here." Ah Yi replied.

"Dead?"

"I'm not dead, I'm going to take someone to carry the shells."

Chen Yu shouted loudly: "Don't you always think about swallowing your anger, you are going to take it as a family heirloom?" When you see the fire from the muzzle of the Japanese army, just fight, Krupp! Krupp! You know? ”

Krupp, who was squatting in the trench and wiping the shells, answered, smiled at Chen Yu, and neatly stuffed a grenade into the barrel of the gun, aimed at the place where the muzzle fire came out before, and pulled the gun rope.

A grenade burst into flames from the ground, and I don't know if it hit the Japanese shooters, but it was extremely morale-boosting. With the endorsement of the anti-war artillery, a few manual soldiers once again secretly carried barbed wire and maintenance tools, and groped their way down to the high ground to repair the barbed wire.

Dawn gradually rose, and the Japanese did not attack again after the failure of the night attack. The Sichuan Army held out on the first day, suffering 374 casualties and destroying more than 400 Japanese soldiers.

Ah Yi estimated that if he had to hold out for five days, the firepower of the Sichuan Army would be decreasing, and even on the fifth day, the people on the position would almost die.

So, Dead Dead put forward a frenzied suggestion, refusing reinforcements, and letting the reinforcements deployed from within replace the main force that had become tired of attacking them, and attack Longling instead of them.

This is a dead man's suggestion, and it is an order that the commanders did not give out of compassion. In fact, the reinforcements deployed in China had already arrived, and the two hundred divisions had already arrived at the front line to participate in blocking the reinforcements of the Japanese army on the Mangshi defensive line, and the other reinforcements could not have been five days slower.

Annoyed, he raised his head and said, "If the dragon tomb is defeated, we will also die." ”

"If the Dragon Tomb is defeated, we will also die as we deserve!" Dead, dead, so replied.

Ah Yi's green and white face overflowed with fine sweat, the former still had a trace of ethereal way to live for the Sichuan Army, and the latter was a dead end of vowing to live and die with the position.

Squatting in the corner and smoking, Chen Yu was in a dull mood, and he began to fear death, perhaps because he had a woman waiting for his triumph. In his heart, he was particularly disapproving of the proposal of death, but reason told himself that he should not speak now, and that it might be better to keep his mouth shut.

'Woo Woo Woo ~~~'

The whistling of Japanese shells sounded again outside the forward headquarters, and the Japanese attack was coming again, and now was obviously not a good time to discuss anything else.

Chen Yu dropped the cigarette butt and got up and said, "The Japanese army is attacking, think of a way to cross the road in front of you." ”

As everyone was about to leave, Master Mak told everyone a piece of news.

"Gentlemen." Master Mai took the telegram and said: "Reinforcements will arrive in the afternoon, and the headquarters of the expeditionary force will temporarily give up attacking Longling, and we may not need to hold on for five days, but for more time." ”

There was a vibrating sound from above the headquarters, and dust and dirt fell on everyone's heads, and everyone was dumbfounded.

Ah Yi asked nervously, "Why?" ”

"I don't know the reason, but it's possible that we will re-attack Longling tomorrow, no one can say."

As soon as these words came out, all the people in the forward command lowered their heads in frustration.